The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO

Is evidently warming up. Meetings
are being held by both parties all ovel
the State, and from the efforts that
Foraker & Co. are putting forth il
would seem they are alarmed.
There is no doubt of the persona,
popularity of General Powell and he is
making a gallant effort. General Ew
ing, now of New York, is to make q
few speeches to help Powell. Governor
Gordon, of Georgia, is also expected.
Governor Foraker's unbridle6
abuse of President Cleveland is
not likely to help the Republican
cause. Foraker seems to have ac
quired an antipathy of a remarkably
virulent character, whatever may be the
cause. His ordinary way of referring
to him is as "copperhead," thus seek
ing to convey a false impression, fol
Cleveland was a 'war Democrat" Thi
extract from Foraker's speech at Cleve.
land last week shows the blind malice
of the man, prompted to despicablt
falsehood:
am not Cleveland's keeper, as yor
all know, but 1 do know when he was
in Milwaukee and visited the soldiers
home he passed through lines of yeter
ans who didn't salute him, but wht
stood silent and immovable. Yet wheI
he went to Joliet Penitentiary the con
victs were. drawn up in line and threw
up their striped caps and fairly yelled
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, "Pickaway," who was will
the presidential party, writes Of this as
follows:
President Cleveland did not visit
Joliet during his trip.
He passed there in the night or very
early in the morning, and If the con
victs greeted him with cheers, 1t was
done under the management and tht
instigation of Republican officials, who
alone control the State prisons in the
State of Illinois. If they permitted OF
instigated such breach of all gOot
discipline, which do not think posi-.
BILE, it is a sad commentary on Republi.
can government i'll a sister State.
So much for lie No. 1; and as to the
alleged Milwaukee incident, "Picka
way" writes:
Thank God for the sake of American
manhood and the stainless Valor of Oul
citizen soldiery, they were not guilty OF
the slightest evidence of harsh treat
ment or dislespect. rode in the sixth
carriage from the President. With me
rode Sickendorf, of the New Y York Trib.
une; George Welthous, of the Philadel.
phia Press; and John A. COrwin
of the Chicago Times, and they
will all bear evidence that among
the many and peculiar greetings which
the President of the United States
received on his eventful journey, none
was more impressive, sincere, pathetic
and touching in the grandeur of respect
than that rendered him by the 1,50C
veterans at the Milwaukee Soldiers
Home. AS he approached the home,
guns, manned by veterans that had
heard them speak when every boom
meant death and martyrdom to hun
dreds, thuntlered welcome. From the
one armed veterans at the gate, through
TIE armless and legless pickets along
the wooded roads, until the buildings
were reached and the long lines of
shattered manhood were passed, every
head was uncovered and every hand
where they had hands to raise-was at
a salute. 1t needed no speech, 1t
needed no noise and tumult. This
salute, those uncovered heads, spoke to
the heart, and said more than was
spoken in any honeyed words and
sweetened phrases of any set speech
that was delivered along the journey
1t was with difficulty that one could
look upon the scene and restrain the
memories and emotions aroused. In
the name Of valor, of manhood, of
country, of Justice. and for your own
good name, don't repeat that lie, Gov
ernor.
1t is known that Foraker's vulgar
abuse of President Cleveland has dis
gusted many Republicans and these
deliberate falsehoods will add to their
disgust. He ranks close after the Min.
nespolis editor and his name will be
cut from many Republican ballots.
LET every Democrat get ready to
vote the antirn namnprotic ticket